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==Regimental history==
==Regimental history==
*''Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956'' by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537
*''Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956'' by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537
:Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.<ref>RobG64. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-punjab-regiment-regimental-history.83313/ 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History] ''WW2Talk Forum''  19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.</ref>


== External links ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160811005455/http://defencejournal.com/2000/jan/8th-punjab.htm 8th Punjab Regiment] from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''.  ''Defence Journal'' Karachi January 2000, now archived.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160811005455/http://defencejournal.com/2000/jan/8th-punjab.htm 8th Punjab Regiment] from John Gaylor's book ''Sons Of John Company''.  ''Defence Journal'' Karachi January 2000, now archived.
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/93rdburmainf.htmm 93rd Burma Infantry] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/93rdburmainf.htmm 93rd Burma Infantry] British Empire website
 
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Revision as of 00:34, 22 January 2020

Known as 33rd Madras Regiment of Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 93rd Burma Infantry Regiment in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1800 raised as 1st Battalion, 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 33rd Madras Regiment of Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 33rd Madras Infantry
  • 1890 became 3rd Burma Infantry
  • 1891 became 33rd Regiment (3rd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry
  • 1901 became 33rd Burma Infantry
  • 1903 became 93rd Burma Infantry Regiment
  • 1922 became 5th/8th Punjab Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
  • 1956 merged with other units to form the Baloch Regiment

Regimental history

  • Unfaded Glory : the 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956 by Major Rifat Nadeem Ahmad & Major General Rafiuddin Ahmed. Published 2006 by Naval & Military Press, UK. Available at Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 07 / 2537
Some brief details of WW2 deployments from this book are provided in a WW2Talk Forum post.[1]

External links

References

  1. RobG64. 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History WW2Talk Forum 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.